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'''James Wilson Vincent Savile''', also known as '''Jimmy Savile''', ([[31 October (people)|31 October]] [[1926 (people)|1926]]-[[29 October (people)|29 October]] [[2011 (people)|2011]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-15053431|title=Obituary: Sir Jimmy Savile|date of source=29 October 2011|website name=BBC News|accessdate=24 November 2016}}</ref>) was a British broadcaster and media personality. He was the host of ''[[Jim'll Fix It]]'', and so appeared in its ''[[Doctor Who]]'' crossover episode ''[[A Fix with Sontarans (TV story)|A Fix with Sontarans]]''.
'''James Wilson Vincent Savile''', also known as '''Jimmy Savile''', ([[31 October (people)|31 October]] [[1926 (people)|1926]]-[[29 October (people)|29 October]] [[2011 (people)|2011]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-15053431|title=Obituary: Sir Jimmy Savile|date of source=29 October 2011|website name=BBC News|accessdate=24 November 2016}}</ref>) was a British broadcaster and media personality. He was the host of ''[[Jim'll Fix It]]'', and so appeared in its ''[[Doctor Who]]'' crossover episode ''[[A Fix with Sontarans (TV story)|A Fix with Sontarans]]''.


== Controversy ==
he was framed
Savile was one of the [[British Broadcasting Corporation|BBC]]'s main personalities — particularly popular in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, hosting shows such as ''[[Top of the Pops]]'' and ''Jim'll Fix It''. He was a prolific fundraiser, raising £40 million in his lifetime. In the autumn of 2012, a year after his death, [[ITV]] [[journalist]]s broke the news {{w|Jimmy Savile sexual abuse scandal|that he was a serial sexual abuser}}, with most of his victims being children. The ITV documentary about Savile revealed that had abused his position as a popular BBC television personality throughout his long career.<ref>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/oct/24/jimmy-savile-bbc-story-so-far Rushe, Dominic. "Jimmy Savile and the BBC: the story so far". ''The Guardian''. 24 October 2012.]</ref>
 
The BBC's response to this revelation, as well as a subsequent act of incompetent journalism related to the Savile investigation, led directly to the resignation of the newly-installed [[Director-General of the BBC|Director-General]] [[George Entwistle]]. London's Metropolitan Police launched a formal criminal investigation into historic allegations of child sexual abuse by Savile and other individuals, called Operation Yewtree. This led to the convictions of other prominent UK celebrities, such as [[Rolf Harris]] and [[Gary Glitter]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-34801011|title=Police 'got things wrong' with Operation Yewtree|date of source=12 November 2015|website name=BBC News|accessdate=12 October 2023}}</ref>
 
It also led to ''[[A Fix with Sontarans (TV story)|A Fix with Sontarans]]'' being removed from later pressings of the DVD release of ''[[The Two Doctors (TV story)|The Two Doctors]]'', which had included it since the DVD's original 2003 release.<ref>[http://www.doctorwhonews.net/2014/09/two-doctors-revised-release.html Doctor Who News, "The Two Doctors: revised release clarification"], 22 September, 2014; accessed 22 September, 2014</ref> However, [[A Fix with Sontarans (home video)|the version of ''A Fix with Sontarans'']] that was released in ''Doctor Who'': ''[[The Collection]]'' — ''[[Season 22]]'', all of Savile's scenes were cut, with the ending scene being replaced by a CG cliffhanger.
 
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James Wilson Vincent Savile, also known as Jimmy Savile, (31 October 1926-29 October 2011[1]) was a British broadcaster and media personality. He was the host of Jim'll Fix It, and so appeared in its Doctor Who crossover episode A Fix with Sontarans.

he was framed

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  1. ↑ Obituary: Sir Jimmy Savile. BBC News (29 October 2011). Retrieved on 24 November 2016.
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